The University of Akron

Department of Electrical Engineering

 

 

4400:354-301 Electromagnetics II                                       Dr. N. Ida

SUmmer 2008             ASEC N511                                        Room ASEC-S252

                                    Time 8:00 - 9:40 AM                          TEL: 972-6525

                                    MTuW                                                            e-mail: ida@uakron.edu

 

TEXT:            Engineering Electromagnetics, 2nd Edition, 2nd Printing, 2007, N. Ida, Springer Verlag

 

Office Hours: To be decided by mutual agreement. Suggested times: Monday and Friday, 10:00 to 11:45 AM and Wednesday 2:30 to 5:00 PM.

 

Course Outline: We will follow the notes rather closely. The material covered includes chapters 10 (review), 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,  and possibly 17. The topics are:

 

Chapter 10: Faraday's Law (review)

Chapter 11: MaxwellÕs equations.

Chapter 12: Electromagnetic waves and propagation

Chapter 13: Reflection and transmission of plane waves

Chapter 14: Theory of transmission lines

Chapter 15: The Smith chart, impedance matching and transmission line circuits

Chapter 16: Transients on transmission lines

 

 

Grading:                    1st Exam                     15%     (Tentative: Wednesday, July 9)

                                    2nd Exam                    20%     (Tentative: Monday, July 28)

                                    3rd Exam                     15%     (Tentative: Monday, August 11)

                                    Homework                  15%

                                    Final Exam                  35%     (optional, see below, on August 13)

 

Note: after the third exam, which will be given on or around the last week of the Semester (or perhaps a few days earlier), your initial grade will be computed using the following weights:

 

                                    1st Exam                     22.5%

                                    2nd Exam                    35%

                                    3rd Exam                     22.5%

                                    Homework                  20%

 

You then have the option of taking the final exam. There is no need to tell me what you want to do. If you take the final exam, I will re-compute the grade according to the first weights above. If not, your initial grade becomes your grade for the Semester. This option is designed so that students that do very well in exams do not need to take the final while those that did not do well can still improve their grades. The final will be given at the scheduled time during examinations week.

 

Homework:    Will be assigned Wednesdays, to be submitted on the following Monday. Homework will be corrected, graded and returned the following Monday. Solutions to all homework problems will be posted after the deadline for homework. Please note: this is a summer class and each week of classes is roughly equivalent to two regular semester classes. The homework will also be equivalent to two homeworks. You will have between Wednesday to the following Monday to do the homework. Because of the extent of the homework and the short period of the summer class the submition times are firm.

 

Supporting material: Additional material (previous exams with solutions, some notes, etc.) will be made available from time to time.